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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"perceived knowledge"”.
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Perceived Knowledge and Defense of Political Attitudes
<p>Three experiments tested if perceived knowledge about a political issue predicted people’s willingness to engage with relatively weaker versus stronger belief-threatening information on that issue. Study 1 assessed people’s perceived knowledge on four political issues and, for each issue, …
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Genetics In The Nicu: Nurses’ Perceived Knowledge and Desired Education
… has demonstrated gaps exist in the genetics knowledge of nurses and that they lack comfort applying genetics information to clinical practice, but no research has been done assessing the knowledge of or comfort with genetics of NICU nurses specifically. NICU nurses (n=122) completed an online …
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Oncology nurses' perceived knowledge, assessment, and recommendation of alternative therapies
… therapies (ATs) frequently and often without the knowledge of their health care providers. The purpose of this study was to investigate oncology nurses' perceived knowledge of ATs, their level of assessment of the use of ATs by cancer patients, and what ATs they recommend to patients. The …
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Assessing the Learning Needs of South Carolina Nurses by Exploring their Perceived Knowledge of Emergency Preparedness
… nurses' learning needs by exploring their perceived knowledge of emergency preparedness in order to gain a better understanding of nurses' emergency preparedness learning needs and prioritize training efforts based on these needs.</p><p> Design and Methods: Boone's Programming Model's …
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Perceived knowledge and attitude of women towards human immunodeficiency virus testing services in Mopani District, Limpopo Province
… future. Aim: The aim of the study was to assess Perceived Knowledge and Attitude of women towards Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Services in Mopani District, Limpopo Province. Methodology: A cross-sectional quantitative descriptive study was conducted to assess the perceived knowledge and …
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Actual and self-perceived knowledge of health care providers regarding Southeast Asian health-related communication styles and cultural beliefs
… to Southeast Asian adults as related to their knowledge concerning Southeast Asians' communication styles and cultural beliefs about health. The population consisted of 30 professional health care providers employed at either the East Dallas Health Center or the Dallas Memorial Hospital Clinic …
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The availability and perceived knowledge of use of airway management devices in emergency centres at referral hospitals in Namibia
… hospitals in Namibia and to determine the perceived level of knowledge of use regarding these devices. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in four emergency centres of referral hospitals in Namibia. Data regarding the availability of airway devices were collected on a standardised …
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The Impact of a Survey of Exceptionalities and Mainstreaming Course on the Perceived/knowledge of Preservice General Education Teachers at a Midwestern Teacher Education Institution
… had a statistically significant impact on the perceived knowledge of preservice general educators; however preservice general educators enrolled in the survey of exceptionalities course perceived themselves as having more knowledge and greater change in knowledge than preservice general …
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Periodontists' Ability to Self-Assess their Knowledge of Periodontics
… periodontists' ability to self-assess their knowledge of periodontics. Self-assessment was measured as the difference between actual knowledge and perceived knowledge of two topics of clinical practice of periodontics: periodontal disease therapy and dental implant therapy. Other variables …
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Improving the self-management of atopic dermatitis: the efficacy of a pictorial patient education tool
… life (QoL), disease severity and patients’ self-perceived knowledge and attitudes. In order to measure self- perceived knowledge and attitudes, a novel AD self-perceived knowledge and attitudes questionnaire was developed, and its construct validity was explored. The study also sought to capture …
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Patient Understanding of Medical Terminology
… difference between medical staff or patients' perceived knowledge and the patients' actual knowledge of medical terminology. A statistically significant difference was found between medical staff expected patient understanding and actual patient understanding. The independent variables of …
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An application of the theory of planned behaviour to predict financial behaviour of minibus-taxi drivers and owners in Cape Town
… saving behaviour, but not spending behaviour. Perceived behavioural control comprised three components which linked differently to saving behaviour: perceived knowledge and ability to manage money were positively related to intentions to save and to actual saving behaviour, while perceived …
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Knowledge of Health Care Terminology in Persons with Cancer
… The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge of health care terminology in persons with a diagnosis of cancer. Procedure. "The Informational Questionnaire" and "Health Care Terminology Questionnaire" were mailed to a sample of 2,684 persons with cancer. The sample was selected from …
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An Assessment of Hpv Vaccination By Georgia Physicians: Knowledge, Barriers, Supports, Practices, and Adherence to Acip Guidelines and Recommendations
… HPV vaccine to 11-12 year old males, and their perceived knowledge and barriers associated with HPV vaccination. A distinction between urban and rural was examined to determine if there were differences in HPV vaccination recommendation. A stratified sample was created from the Georgia Vaccine …
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Training the Pastors of South Valley Community Church of Hollister and Gilroy, California, in Biblical Premarital Counseling
… indicate that the pastors increased their perceived knowledge of premarital counseling. The findings suggest that pastors benefit from receiving training in premarital counseling.
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The discerning customer and the political economy : why do firms keep surviving the corporate ethical crisis?
… goal of this paper is to measure respondents’ perceived knowledge of the main principles of corporate ethical behaviour such as human resource management, the quality of products, labeling and social responsibility on a Purchaser intention survey. The outcome was cross-checked with the …
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Studying the Effects of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
… nurses’ death anxiety, concerns about dying, and knowledge of the dying process utilizing the principles of The Comfort Theory and Practice by Kolcaba (2003) at the institutional level. The research hypothesis was upon completion of the ELNEC training, registered nurses would have decreased death …
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Functional Assessment-based Interventions: Results of a Professional Learning Series to Build Educators’ Knowledge, Confidence, and Perceived Use
… We examined shifts in participants’ actual knowledge and perceived knowledge, confidence, and use of concepts taught over the course of the professional learning series using a pre/post measure. Results replicated previous findings, as statistically significant improvements were found across …
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SAUDI SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
… in order to evaluate special education teachers’ perceived knowledge regarding AT, as well as to investigate their needs for professional development. The survey webpage link was sent via email to 110 special education teachers at General Directorate of Education in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia. A total …
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PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: WHAT THEY KNOW, WHAT THEY THINK THEY KNOW, AND WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PROCESS
… this dissertation study explored parent’s knowledge and understanding of special education rights and process.Chapter 2 is a research synthesis of how studies have quantifiably measured parents’ knowledge and understanding. Chapter 3 is a mixed-method design study that explores whether …
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